Naval forces & warfare books

This book examines the political slogan 'free trade and sailors rights' and traces its sources to eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

This book examines the political slogan 'free trade and sailors rights' and traces its sources to eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Designed for busy junior officers in the US Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine, this primer teaches the basics...  Read More >>

"What we want to knowis, ""How come PT's?"" --Captain A. D. Turnbull, Special Assistant to the Director, Office...  Read More >>

Sketches of foreign travel and life at sea including a cruise on board a man-of-war, as also a visit to Spain, Portugal,...  Read More >>

""This thesis was accepted as a doctoral dissertation by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Zurich in the...  Read More >>

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One of the great spectacles of recent naval history was the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's...  Read More >>

A Sailor of King George. The Journals of Captain Frederick Hoffman, R.N. 1793-1814. Edited by a. Beckford Bevan...  Read More >>

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As Kemp Tolley explains in this entertaining history of the patrol in which he was to later serve, the presence...  Read More >>

The USS Bullhead was the last American naval vessel lost in World War II. This is the submarine’s history—from launch...  Read More >>

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A readable summary of a century of naval thinking  Read More >>

A major work by one of Japan's leading naval historians, this book traces Alfred Thayer Mahan's influence on Japan's...  Read More >>

In the summer of 1814 a squadron of Royal Navy ships attacked the tiny Connecticut seaport of Stonington, and declared...  Read More >>

Now in paperback for the first time, this collection of biographical essays delves into the careers of thirteen...  Read More >>

New in paperback, this book focuses not only on battles and ships but on the colourful men, such as Oliver Hazard...  Read More >>

This collection of interpretive, biographical essays on the admirals of the new steel navy continues the story of...  Read More >>

Like its World War II namesake of Leyte Gulf fame, USS Samuel B Roberts (FFG 58) was a small combatant built for...  Read More >>

A stunning and forensic look at the wrecks of two of the most famous British capital ships lost during WWII Provides...  Read More >>

When Grace Hopper retired as a rear admiral from the US Navy in 1986, she was the first woman restricted line officer...  Read More >>